Legal Opinion
Phillip H. Falls, Doing Business as Fast Lane Foods v. Town of Dyer, Indiana
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 22, 1989No. 88-2467PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Phillip Falls uses portable signs in front of his convenience store in Dyer, Indiana, and the Town repeatedly has cited him for violating its zoning ordinances. Falls, a scofflaw, believes that the Town turns a blind eye to his competitors’ portable signs. He filed this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, contending that the Town’s enforcement of these concededly valid ordinances against his confessed violations infringes his constitutional rights.
Falls sought an injunction against adjudication of the complaints the Town had filed against him in state court. Falls should…
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